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As well deprive a citizen of equality before the law as deprive a nation.
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Sumner draws a parallel between individual rights and national rights, emphasizing equality in both realms.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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